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The opportunity cost of the Islamic revolution and war for Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2019
We estimate the opportunity cost for Iran due to the Islamic revolution and eight years' war with Iraq (1978 … loss is equivalent to 40% of income per capita, which an Iranian could reach at the absence of revolution and war. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133448
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Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This study examines the causal joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq on life expectancy of … Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic … evolution of the factual Iranian life expectancy during the post-revolution period through the end of the war. I find a sizable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510202
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The effect of Islamic revolution and war on income inequality in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Kadivar, Mohammad Ali - 2021
standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq war from … 1980 to 1988. We use the synthetic control method to study the effect of revolution and war on changes in income inequality … levels. Had there been no revolution and war in Iran, how would income inequality have developed? Utilizing the synthetic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012669743
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Conflict and development : recent research advances and future agendas
Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Martin-Shields, … - 2017
We survey selected parts of the growing literature on the microeconomics of violent conflict, identifying where academic research has started to establish stylized facts and where methodological and knowledge gaps remain. We focus our review on the role of civilian agency in conflict; on wartime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011777138
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Revolution and economic growth : evidence from the Sandinista Revolution
Silano, Filippo - 2023
improvement of GDP per capita's growth rate (+2%). On the other hand, the civil war's intensification that ensued (1984 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014390540
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Is The 'Surge' Working? Some New Facts
Greenstone, Michael - 2007
There is a paucity of facts about the effects of the recent military Surge on conditions in Iraq and whether it is paving the way for a stable Iraq. Selective, anecdotal and incomplete analyses abound. Policy makers and defense planners must decide which measures of success or failure are most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224168
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Years of Life Lost to Revolution and War in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This study examines the causal joint effect of a new political regime and war against Iraq on life expectancy of … Iranians for the period 1978–1988 during the revolution and war. I use a synthetic control approach to construct a synthetic … evolution of the factual Iranian life expectancy during the post-revolution period through the end of the war. I find a sizable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228858
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The Effect of Islamic Revolution and War on Income Inequality in Iran
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Kadivar, Mohammad Ali - 2021
standalone effects. In this study, we focus on the case of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the subsequent Iran-Iraq war from … 1980 to 1988. We use the synthetic control method to study the effect of revolution and war on changes in income inequality … levels. Had there been no revolution and war in Iran, how would income inequality have developed? Utilizing the synthetic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312860
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Wartime governance and state-building trajectories in post-conflict societies
Justino, Patricia - 2022
To date, there is limited understanding about the consequences of wartime dynamics for post-war state … armed groups govern territories and civilians within them-that under certain circumstances may be harnessed in the post-war … the type of statebuilding and political regime trajectories that emerge in the post-war period. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013191466
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Wars and conflicts in the Sahara-Sahel
Walther, Olivier J. - 2017
The Sahel and the Sahara are faced with exceptional political instability involving a combination of rebellions, jihadist insurgencies, coups d’état, protest movements and illegal trafficking. The backdrop to this accumulated violence is a globalised security environment, which blurs the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730180